Wright State Headlines
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Nov 25
New entrepreneurship center opens at Wright State to help veterans, spouses start, expand businesses
The Veterans Business Outreach Center at Wright State provides support and resources to veterans and their spouses who want to start a business. Continue reading
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Nov 25
Wright State grad Deah Lieurance to discuss invasive species during Wayne Carmichael Lecture in Environmental Sciences
Deah Lieurance, an assistant professor of invasive species biology and management at Penn State, will discuss “Expanding the predictive ‘toolbox’ to stop invasive species dead in their tracks” on Dec. 2 at Wright State. Continue reading
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Nov 22
Wright State’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures adds director, plans to grow
New director and faculty have big plans for Wright State University’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures. Continue reading
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Nov 21
Wright State departments create powerful collaboration researching threats to expectant mothers, babies
A collaboration between Wright State’s departments of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology connects scientific research and clinical practice with patients. Continue reading
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Nov 20
Wright State nursing students to offer Stop the Bleed training in Wilmington
Wright State University nursing students will train residents in Wilmington how to staunch the flow of blood in an emergency on Nov. 22. Continue reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Stormy Childhoods, Sunny Futures
Wright State opens its doors and heart to foster students
Growing up was a rocky road for Adrian McLemore. His mother and father divorced. He fought with his parents and teachers. He ran away from home a lot. And then there was the string of foster homes… By the time … Continue reading
Enlisting in Education
Office of Veterans Affairs welcomes military students
After retiring from the United States Marine Corps, a 20-year career that took him to 32 countries and into combat operations Desert Storm in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, John Bowers has once again charged forth into unfamiliar … Continue reading
Pioneer, friend of RSCOB, awarded honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
You could see the genuine appreciation on the students’ faces as they graciously thanked Doreen Mogavero at an informal after-graduation gathering at Rike Hall in June. Mogavero had just been named an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Wright State … Continue reading
Alumni Profile: Sweet Charity
St. Vincent de Paul a career highlight for Leigh Sempeles
It pulls at her heart. A family walks into a homeless shelter and for the first time must spend the night with strangers under a strange roof, thinking darkly about the future. Their faces are rouged with the look of … Continue reading
Alumni Profile: Gary McCullough
From the bunker to the boardroom
It was a never-to-be-forgotten life lesson for Gary McCullough. Plummeting to earth after having just jumped from a plane during Army training, McCullough’s parachute failed to open. The chute came out, but never caught air—a frightening phenomenon known as a … Continue reading
Mastering the Art of Learning
The word “retire” is simply not in Anna Gee Blackwell’s vocabulary. Blackwell graduated from Wright State in 2005 at age 76 with a master’s degree in piano performance. While at Wright State, she served as an accompanist for the Paul … Continue reading
Marathoning Match
Wright State couple training for shot at 2012 Olympics
“We love living and running here in Dayton,” Becki says. “We’re really blessed here to have the trail systems and the Five Rivers MetroParks system, and you can get hills anywhere you want.” Continue reading
FESTive event caps Welcome Week
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Presidential Lecture Series kicks off Tuesday with community engagement guru
Holland is internationally recognized for her expertise in community engagement, service-learning… Continue reading
WSU athletic department asks for help aiding injured former volleyball player
((Excerpt)) Friends and former colleagues of Andrea (Voss) Vellinga, the former Wright State volleyball player who was injured in the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13, have established a website for support and updates on her … Continue reading
